At least four studies mentioned in the report on chronic diseases affecting young Americans published last week by the Trump administration do not exist, the authors cited in the document said on Thursday. Despite everything, Thursday Karoline Leavittthe White House spokesperson, reiterated that the presidency had “total confidence” in RFK Jr.
Piloted by the Minister of Health, Robert Kennedy Jrthe report “Make America Healthy Again” (“return to America his health”), commanded by Donald Trump and published on May 22, points to a link between ultra -formed food, pesticides or screens, and chronic diseases affecting children. He also sows doubts about vaccines.
However, the study attributes articles to scientists who say they have not written them. Errors were reported for the first time Thursday by Known; A media affiliated with the Institute of Journalism Allbritton, a non -profit organization.
Quotes from nowhere
Noah Kreski, researcher at Columbia University and author of an article on anxiety and depression in adolescents during COVVI-19told AFP that a quote attributed to him was “not from one of (his) studies” and seemed, in reality, not to come from any existing study.
This same quote refers to a dysfunctional internet link, supposed to redirect the reader to a article from a renowned scientific review, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Jim Michalski, press secretary of the association, assured that this article was not published neither in the journal, nor in the periodicals of the Jama network.
Harold Farber, professor of pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine and quoted in the report, said that the article attributed to him “does not exist”.
Likewise, the University of the Commonwealth of Virginie confirmed that Robert Findling, one of his teachers, was not the author of an article tuning the use of psychotropic drugs for young people, as indicated by the report.
Finally, an article on treatments intended for people with a attention deficit disorder was not published in the journal Pediatrics in 2008, as stated in the study by Robert Kennedy Jr. “I can confirm that we did not find this title during research on the site,” said Alex Hulvalchick, press secretary for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The White House has “total confidence” in RFK Jr.
The Ministry of Health refused to comment and referred the questions about these apparent errors to the White House. This Thursday evening, Karoline Leavitt said that the White House had “total confidence” in RFK Jr. and its commission “Make America Healthy Again” despite numerous citation inconsistencies in its flagship report.
The publication of the report “Make America Healthy Again” was expected by health professionals because of the sensitivity and complexity of the subject, but also of the central role played by Robert Kennedy Jr, disputed for his antivaccin positions.
